HCPL Featured Speaker : Paul Silva – Thursday, November 30th

A Bayesian Explanation of the Irrationality of Sexist and Racist Beliefs Involving Generic Content

Thursday, November 30th, from 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM in the UCHI conference room

Paul was a lecturer in philosophy at Monash University from 2013-2016, and is presently a visiting faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania. He completed his PhD in

2013 at the University of Connecticut. His current research is primarily in epistemology, but he also works in metaphysics and ethics.